No. of foreign workers in S. Korea rises to record 1.1 mil. in 2025

SEOUL -- The number of foreign workers in South Korea surpassed 1.1 million in 2025 to reach a record high, with the proportion of employed international students also sharply up, a survey showed Thursday.As of May, there were 1.69 million foreigners aged 15 or older residing in Korea, up 8.4 percent from a year earlier, according to the survey conducted by the Ministry of Data and Statistics.Among them, more than 1.1 million people were employed, rising 9.8 percent on-year. The figure was the highest since the ministry began compiling such data in 2017.Of those employed, the number of inte…READ FULL ARTICLE